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Extending Economic Analysis to Analyze Policy Issues More Broadly

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    (Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332.)

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Extending traditional economic policy analysis to include factors emphasized by other social scientists and philosophers, more social and public policy issues may be analyzed more adequately. For example, should the market expand beyond its traditional confines of goods and services? Should more immigration be allowed? Wider effects like social harmony, repugnance and morality should also be considered. Though the extended analysis does not provide a definite general answer, in combination with the first theorem of welfare economics and the principle of treating a dollar as a dollar in specific issues, it provides some general propositions that guide the analysis of relevant costs and benefits of specific policy changes beyond narrow economic efficiency.

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  • Yew-Kwang NG, 2016. "Extending Economic Analysis to Analyze Policy Issues More Broadly," Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series 1609, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:nan:wpaper:1609
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    Economic analysis; public policy; political economy; economics imperialism; markets; morals.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines

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